Health Services, Legal Services, Assoicated Bodies, External publications about law

Health Services

• Directory of Mental Health Services
  Lists psychiatric services funded by Department of Human Services in Victoria. Can search is by Suburb Name. Also browse Specialist and Statewide Services.
• A Guide to Psychotropic Drugs
• Guide to Psychotropic Drugs
  The Mental Health Research Institute`s Information section includes a link to this document. The document is produced by the Psychotropic Drug Advisory Service. The chemist can give advise the general public on the effects of medication.
• Psychologists Registration Board
  Lists registered psychologists in Victoria. Hears complaints about psychologists.
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
  Registration body. Includes ethical and clinical guidelines
• Adverse Medicine Events Line
  National phone line collecting information on unexpected effects of medication

• Mental Health Review Board
  Appeal Forms, Selected Statements of Reasons, Annual Reports that include additional decisions
• Mental Health Branch
  Includes Chief Psychiatrist`s Guidelines and Program Management Circulars
• VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal)
  Guardianship and Administration, mediation options
• Federal Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
  Information about Discrimination
• Dispute Resolution
  Dispute Information includes tips to step through your issue, guide to dispute resolution, explanation of alternative dispute resolution
• Legal Services Commissioner
  Useful publication on `Working with your Lawyer`. Includes tips such as preparation for your first meeting, questions about the lawyers expertise, costs etc. The website is also the gateway for making a complaint about a Victorian lawyer.
• Rural Law
  Rural Law Online is designed to give rural Victorians access to plain language information on areas of law which affect them. Includes a Discussion Forum where questions can be posted that lawyers respond to and information about capacity and capacity to enter a contract.
  

• Welfare Rights Unit
  Factsheets for Social Security or Centrelink problems
• Disclosure in Employment
  Produced by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission.
• Disclosure and Job Seeker Privacy
  Jobable website. An Australian Government website.
• Victoria Law Foundation
  Legal publications distributed via Information Victoria. Free publications include `When a person dies` a booklet about the Coroners Court process.
• Law Institute of Victoria - includes `Law on Line`
  Crime, Driving, Drugs & Alcohol, Housing & Neighbourhood, Legal System, Money Matters, Relationships, Rights and Responsibilities, Under 18`s, Work & Business
• Mental Health Act
  Australian Legal Information Institute
• Office of the Public Advocate
  includes fact sheets and information on services